Fork for saddles.



Patented Apr.` 9, |901. M R HUNTER FORK FUR SADDLES.

(Application filed Apr. 80, 1900.)

No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON RANDOLPH HUNTER, OF DAYTON, KENTUCKY.

FORK FOR SADDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,765, dated April 9, 1901.

Application led April 30, 1900.

lo a/ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, MILTON RANDOLPH HUN- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Dayton, in the county of Campbell, in the State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Saddletrees Upon What is Known as the Metal Fork, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in sadd le-horns and means for attaching it to the respective parts of the saddle. 1

The features of myinvention are more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of lthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my horn attached to the side bars and gullet. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the gullet removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the horn and its forks. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a transverse section illus- 'f1-ating another method of attaching the parts.

A represents the horn, having forks B B, extending therefrom, which are provided with holes a for fastening the forks to the side bars of a saddle-tree.

C represents a vertical slot in the horn, which both lightens it and forms a convenient basis for attachment of parts.

D represents the side bars of the saddletree, and it will be observed that the forks have their flat surfaces arranged to engage the at outer faces of the side bars.

E represents the gullet, having a hole b in the top thereof, through which the horn passes.

F represents a lip cast on the forks just under the horn and extending to the front and is provided with holes c. The gullet is placed Serial No. 15,005. (No model.)

over the horn, the horn passing through the hole b and the gullet resting on the lip F and nesting closely against the neck of the horn above the lip, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The three parts may be secured together by the same screws passing through the gullet, forks, and into the side bars, thus holding the gullet down on the lip of the horn, or the forks may first be secured to the side bars and the gullet afterward placed over the same, as shown in Fig. 5. This makes a secure attachment and is cheap and economical in construction. Again, the gullet is additionally secured to the horn by screws passing through the holes of the lip F up into the gullet. This gives a most firm and durable support for the gullet. In the old method of attachment the horn was secured to the top of the gullet, which was a weak construction and resulted in a prying or wedging action or wear on the gullet, which was a great element of weakness, materially affecting the life of the saddle.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a saddle, a horn having forks extending from the bottom thereof, a lip cast on the forks under the horn, a gullet having a hole adapted to pass over the horn and supported on said lip, means for securing the forks to the side bars, and screws passing upward through the lip into the gullet, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MILTON RANDOLPH HUNTER.

Witnesses:

DUVALL DAVIS ROBINSON, DAVID STUART HOUNSHELL. 

